BePresent: Screen Time Control

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• BePresent Pro (Annual) — $24.99/year ($2.08/mo)
• BePresent Pro (Annual) — $29.99/year ($2.49/mo)
• Monthly — $3.99/month
• Annual (2-week Free Trial) — $59.99/year ($4.99/mo)
• Annual (3-Day Free Trial) — $59.99/year ($4.99/mo)
• Annual (30-day Trial) — $59.99/year ($4.99/mo)
• Monthly (1-Week Free Trial) — $14.99/week
• Monthly (1-Week Free Trial) — $24.99/year ($2.08/mo)
• Monthly (1-Week Free Trial) — $59.99/year ($4.99/mo)
• BePresent Pro Family (iCloud) — $99.99

Last verified 30 Aug 2026

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4.8 61641 ratings · App Store

1. 5/5This app WILL help you if you use it

   If you struggle with getting life tasks done and/or feel as though you’re wasting your life on your phone, this is absolutely the app for you. It’s affordable for pro version but the free version is still very useful/helpful. I downloaded Be Present about three months ago, after seeing an ad from its creators (I really like when the app creators are the ones hocking the product for some reason! Explaining the problem they set out to solve, it clicks in my brain) and it really helped my screen time and my focus on things outside my phone. However, I was moving and I was super broke, I paid for one month of month to month and then I wasn’t able to continue. Today, after close to two months have passed and after reviewing my screen time from the day before on the free version (which by the way is still great, not tons of limits) I decided to go ahead and purchase a year subscription and challenge myself to use it for the full year. I will see what kind of changes this might allow me to make and update my review but for now, I’m excited to see where this will take me.

   V.Ellsby · 30 Aug 2026

2. 3/5It’s Okay

   I’ll probably continue looking for an app that works better. 1) Having to unblock whole categories of apps is not helpful. For instance, I need to listen to things while working. Sometimes music, sometimes podcasts that are only available on certain streaming platforms. But I don’t want to unblock all entertainment because then I’ll have access to things like Instagram and Reddit, which I really do want to block. I don’t want my streaming to count against my screentime because I’m not even looking at my phone. Allegedly this is an Apple issue, but the app still made it seem like if I paid for it, I would have control over what I block. 2) There aren’t actual rewards. There are advertisements. The only “reward,” besides enhanced productivity and reduced reliance on my phone, is the accrual of points, which is skewed due to item 1 above. 3) The schedules don’t work well. Sometimes they block apps, sometimes they don’t. I do all of my blocking manually. 4) There aren’t extra points for going over your blocking session. This actually ENCOURAGES me to interact with my phone more because if I want to maximize points, I have to start a new blocking session as soon as one finishes. Why not check a few apps while things are unblocked, right?! The app has promise, but definite room for improvement here.

   KeyaRaye · 30 Aug 2026

3. 4/5I like it so far but….

   I’m one of those people who clicks on my social media apps out of habit, even when I don’t really want to look at them. (I know I’m not alone here.) It’s just something to keep my mind and fingers busy. But I don’t get any joy out of it. If anything, it makes me more stressed out given the decisiveness on social media these days. So seeing those apps darken so I couldn’t click on them made me feel so free. That said, the day I started using this app, my daughter was admitted to the hospital. She has a very complex medical history, and we have a Facebook group to update friends and family on her, and so I needed to access the app several times that day to post updates. My final update came after night mode had started, and I felt so awful having to click “give up” when really I wasn’t giving up, I just needed to tell my family that she and I had arrived safely at the larger Children’s Hospital two hours from home. This wasn’t a matter of giving up. This was a matter of updating a large group of people who were very concerned about us, and I wasn’t going to put that off until morning, knowing the number of people who were waiting on an update. I really wish there was an option to give you a “freebie” on a limited basis basis (like 1-2x/month) for instances when you are logging on quite intentionally with a specific purpose. Clicking that give up button to make me feel bad because I knew I wasn’t giving up. And I wanted to turn night mode back on immediately after I posted my update, but I couldn’t figure out how to do it. I would love it so much more if night mode would automatically turn back on after a few minutes, or if there was a way to communicate with the app while you are choosing to turn off particular mode. 🤷‍♀️

   Heidelene · 30 Aug 2026

4. 4/5Present

   This all is truly one of the best screen control apps out there to use. I’ve used apples default given one and another and simply wasn’t able to remain “present” with my time and spent countless hours simply wasting time on my phone everyday. BePresent over the course of a mouth helped me reduced me time in half. I would spend 14-15 hours a week on my phone and after BePresent I see it down to now 7. There app restrictions on strict and to the point that gets you focus on what your doing. Now, as much as this app help it’s a give and take simply downloading this app and thinking it’ll simply reduce your time just due to its presence on your screen won’t work. You need to decide and dedicate yourself to this to reduce your screen time. Even using it without paying the subscription still gives you tons of options to work with, so again if you wish to seriously cut your time download this app. The only problems that I have is that I can no longer see my screen usage from previous days on their app due to a glitch or if some kind and just stays on the loading screen no matter how many times I refresh the page or app. Thank you to the developers and God bless you for your work.

   Njo-san · 30 Aug 2026

5. 5/5Great Reminder to Set Limits

   I’ve been using this app for months now and I have seen a significant decrease in the amount of time I spend on my phone. It’s important to note that you have to be engaged in this. It does force you to make decisions and that’s on you to chose if you want to maintain a reduced amount of time on your phone. It is very easy to get lost and lose track of time when you’re scrolling your phone. This keeps you accountable by setting reminders to let you know you’ve Ben on Facebook, etc. for 15 minutes and do you want to continue. It also sets lockout periods yet still allows you to use certain apps. I love this feature because it’s another decision point where I choose which applications I should routinely engage with versus this that are less important. All in all this application will not force you to be present. That is your choice. The app also keeps track of how many days you’ve stayed present. I’ve stayed consistent for 75 days blocking Facebook and other social media and I’m definitely happier for it.

   Sherrie Hardy · 30 Aug 2026

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